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- chemie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
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- Leg1.0Leg1.0
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Doctor with OCD here. Like mentioned before, med school is so busy that I didn’t have time to entertain the intrusive thoughts and definitely the compulsions. In fact was quite therapeutic. Now working 7 years out I have more time and battling with it more because of it but it never interferes with my career. Absolutely love and blessed to be in this career. Arguably a better doctor because of it!
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- chemiechemie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you so much for this! So helpful!!
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- Where’sMySerotonin?Where’sMySer...
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I believe you can do it! ☺️ I’m in nursing school right now and it honestly distracts me from my thoughts. Nursing is my passion and if you’re truly passionate about being a doctor GO FOR IT!
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- casepagcasepag
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Anyone can have any disorder. Doesn’t matter your occupation, gender, ethnicity, religion, sex, or sexuality.
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- waterladywaterlady
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Not a doctor but I'm in medical school right now. My OCD got bad but only at the end of the year. I passed. I have decided to take the year off to better cope with it - I also had a lot going on besides OCD that got in the way from me continuing but in the end. Yes it's possible. I was so busy - I didn't have time for OCD haha I had some bad days but made sure I was in contact with the therapist throughout the year.
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- waterladywaterlady
- Date posted
- 5y ago
I feel at some points, I had a little advantage because unlike some of my peers, I had gone through the ups and downs of being on a mental/emotional rollercoaster. Some students were new to all the overwhelming content that their anxiety got bad and they couldn't handle. So I guess you and only you can decide what you are ready for
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- chemiechemie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Thank you all!!!!
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I’m having a rough time rn. My parents both told me that they don’t think I could or should be a dr (I’m going to be a sr in college this year). They said that I have too many and too intense of problems to be one - I’ve got OCD, depression, and dermotillomania (skin picking). Normally, I brush things ppl say off pretty easily, but not w my parents. I love them and really care about their opinion. But it’s making me even more depressed, as one of the last things I was holding onto was the thought that I would be able to use my experiences to be an even better dr than I would have been before getting these things. I’ve been suicidal for a long time but I always told myself that I was going to get through this and use it to help ppl. But it’s tearing away my last shreds knowing that not even the ppl I care about the most think I can achieve my dreams. ?
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- Chellie
- Date posted
- 5y ago
Anyone got contamination ocd recovery stories? I heard this is the hardest form of OCD to overcome from my doctors and I feel honestly discouraged.
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- steaks3
- Date posted
- 4y ago
Can anyone give me advice about having ocd while in school because it’s starting soon and I’m scared that I won’t do my best?
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